Track surfacer and cleaner



P. URSINO TRACK SURFACER AND CLEANER 2 Sheets-Sheet l sym/@Minka INVENTOR Filed Deo, l5

ATTORNEY Oct. 2, 1923. 1,469,464

P. URSINO TRACK SURFACER AND CLEANER Filed DSC. 13 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY retienen @et a,

PASQUAE WENO, '0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON,

TRACK UREEA npplieetion filed @cucumber 13, i320. Serial no. 430,192.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that ll, PASQUALE UnsINo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of l/Vashington, have invented certain new and.

useful Improvements in Track Surfacers and Cleaners, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to excavating and surfacing apparatus.

riilie object oi the present invention is the rovision o means adapted to be carried by railway car for removing earthy material from above the plane of the track ties in the laying or repairin of the track.

7lhe invention consists in the novel construction, adaptation and combination or" devices as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view partly' in side elevation and partly in ion itudinai vertical `section of apparatus embodying the present invention; and Figs. 2, 3 and e are sectional views through 2-2, 3-3 and o ig. l.

in said drawings, the reference numerals 5 designate tract: rails supported upon ties 6.

'.The purpose of my invention is to remove from above the level of the tops of said ties any surplus material left by the graders when laying the track.

To such end, l' provide a car, indicated enerally by 7, having a platform 8 and anged car wheels 9, 91. Said car may be propelled in any suitable manner as by means of spur gears 10 connecting the axle 11 of the traction wheels 9 with a shaft 12 The width of said frame is such that the side plates 15 thereof may extend into the space between the rails as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. l

Hingedly connected at 18 to the lower or forward edge of the frame member 16 is a scoop blade 19 having bracketarms 20 l which extend through apertures such. as 21 provided in the respective frame plates 15. prings 22 interposed between the bracket arms 20. and attachments 23 on the outside of the frame serve to yieldingl retain vthe scoop blade so that its front en will be at a short distance above the plane of the ties.

The front end of said frame is supported by wheels 2a mounted upon the track rails and ri idly secured to an axle 25 which is jour-na ed in boxes provided in the frame plates 15. The axle 25 carries a rotary digger vbetween said drame plates. Said digger consists ot a drum 26 equipped with curved teeth 27 whichv are preferably arranged in somewhat helical relations with respect to the drinn axis,

i/Vhen the car advances in the direction of tire arrow A, 1, the wheels 2t rolling upon the track rails cause the digger to rotate as' denoted by arrow B, Fig. 1, to brealr up earthy material in its path and tending to deliver such material rearwardly. 28 represents a conveyor wheel having peripheral bucket elements 29 which are arranged to revolve in the concavity of the frame part 16 and above the scoop plate 19 for the purpose of transferring material from the latter into the chutes 17. The wheel 28 is rotated on a shaft 30 mounted in bearings provided in the frame plates 15 and, as shown, is driven from power shaft 12 by an endless chain passing `about sprocket wheels 301 and 121 on the respective shafts.

To the rear of the frame part 16 is provided one or more rollers 31, two being shown in Fig. 3, which are journaled in the rear ends of levers 32 fulcrumed to lugs, such as 33 Fig. 1, provided on the trame. Said rollers are yieldingly held down in positions to roll upon the tires 6 and the ground therebetween by springs 34.

At the rear ot the car is a plurality of the rotary brushes 35 and 35l which respectively serve to sweep the ties 3 between and outside of the track rails. Said brushes lare carried bv the free ends of arms 36 whose other ends are pivotally connected to a rod 37 upon the car. 38 represent fin r devices depending from a rod 39 upon t e car and are en ageable by the arms 36 to limit the upward movements of the brushes in operation.

When the car, however, is passing over obstacles, such as railway crossings, the ngem 38 y' be swung outer the way oi? arms 36 to enable the brushes to raise.

Said brushes are desirably rotated in the direction indicated by arrow C, Fig. l, by an endless chain d'passing about sprocket wheels 122 and dll on the power shaft and brush shalt tl, respectively.,

For raising the trame and the parts associated therewith to clear obstacles in the tracir li provide a hoisting cable d2 which is connected as at l21 to the frame plates, thence passes'over a sheave d3 on post dd to a winding drum 45.

This winding drum may loe-'actuated by any suitable means as, for example, a pawl i6 and ratchet wheel i7 operated through the medium ot a lever d8 disposed within convenient reach of the operators seat 4:9.

. lin the operation of this invention, the car in traveling ahead edects the rotation ot the digger 26, the conveyorwheel 28 and the brushes 35, 351.- 'lhe digger in rotating break up any hummocks of earthy material and delivers the same upon the scoopv blade i9.,

The digger, furthermore, urges any accumulation of material to within the scope of the conveyor buckets 29 which thereupon deliversI the material into the chutes 17 from which the material is, b gravity, dis-l charged at opposite sides o the track.

Surplus material is thus seen to be removable from the track through the instrumentality of the diggingeand conveying appliances as above descri d. l Y

Any loose material passing under the scoop blade 19 is pressed downwardly by lrollers 31 to produce hard compact surfaces between the ties and somewhat belowV the.

plane of the upper surfaces of the ties, and into such depression earthy material trom the tops of t e ties is swept by the rotary brushes. t l

The invention is peculiarly useful in laying new railway tracks as it not onlyl elimi-4 nates much manual labor but also produces much better and neater appearing work.

What ll claim, is,-

l. lin a paratus of the character described, t e combination with a railway traclr, of a railway car provided with apparatusl rendered operative by the travel of the car tor successively removing surplus material from above the ties, discharging said material from the track, pressing down the earthy material between'the ties, and

' swee ing the ties.

2. apparatus or the character described, the combination with a 'railway track-and a ear mounted thereon, ot a chute linearen by sai car for sweeping the tops of the track ties.

3. lin apparatusl or the character described, the combination with a railway track and a car mounted thereon,of a chute arranged transversely oi: the car, a rotarydigger carried by the car in iront ot said chute, means for conveying material from said digger to the chute, a rotary brush car ried by said car for sweeping the tops of the traclr ties, and rollers interposed between said digger and the brush for pressing down. material between the ties inthe path of said brush.

d. lin apparatus of the character described, the combination with a railway track and a car mounted thereon, of a frame hingedly connected to one endn ot said car, means actuated from the car tor elevating said frame from the track, a discharge chute carried by said frame and rovided with a downwardly 'inclined disc arge spout, a power actuated rotary digging device, and a power actuated rotary conveying means carried by said frame for transferring material from the digging device to said chute.

5. lin apparatus of the character described, the combination with a railway track and a car mounted thereon, of a trame hingedly connected to one end of said car, means actuated from the car for elevating said trame from. the track, a discharge chute provided in said frame, a rotary digging device, and a conveyin wheel for transferring material from sai rotary digging device to said chute, said digging device and said wheel being respectively rotated by the travel of the can 1 6. lin apparatus 'of the character4 described, a railway car, a frame projecting forwardly therefrom, said trame comprising side plates and a member connecting the latter, a chute provided upon said frame, a scoop-blade hinged] connected to the frame member between t e side plates, springs tendin to yieldingly retain said scoopblade in operative position, a rotaryconveyor device positioned between the frame plates and above said scoop-blade, said conveyor device servin to transfer material from said scoop-bla e, to said chute.`

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 8th day ot December i920.

, resonate nastro. Witnesses:

Pinnnn BARNES, Mnneannr G. Serena,

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